I am getting very excited about the current Partick Thistle team. I saw them in the goalless draw at Falkirk and even though they didn't score I saw hints at what they are capable of. The passing is fantastic and the scoring is too.

I was also particularly impressed with the way the team recovers when possession is lost.

This looks like the best Thistle team I have ever seen and I've been watching them on and off since 1978.

Jackie McNamara is doing a fantastic job as a manager: I don't know how we deserve this but at last it is coming right.

The other truly amazing thing is the quality of scouting. We've found players from Montrose, Annan, Junior teams like Kilbirnie and even one player who was playing for Jarrow Roofing. The age of the team is surprising too - most are 20 or 21.

After Ian McCall left as manager (still no one seems to know why) the appointment of McNamara was inspired.

Stuart McCall's decision to give up on Steven Lawless and not persevere with the talented but frequently unfit Ross Forbes is looking like a real mistake now. The former was only ever giving a run-out in the League Cup for Motherwell but seems to be tearing the First Division to pieces. Meanwhile, Jamie Murphy continues to look like a lost soul on the left of midfield for Motherwell.

Used to drink in his dad and Ralph Callachan's pubs in Musselburgh, Jackie junior was a really nice guy back then, just starting out with Dunfermline. Don't think much has changed in that respect, he still seems pretty well grounded and I'm pleased for him.

As you say BB they seem to be doing it on a budget of nowt as well, great to see when you look at what is happening elsewhere in Scotland.

Stadium announcers are always getting sacked, it's kind of a badge of honour among them now I reckon.

Scottish football is restructuring, oh yes it is. Two choices on the table, the
SFL version
and the
SPL version(s),
the decision will be made by a public vote, all calls will be charged at a premium rate.

So the national team is bottom of its group, and it has no manager although the old one is still being paid, and we've two separate league organisations offering different proposals for the future, oh and up to six clubs are in "financial distress". Yet still Stewart Regan remains in a job.

Two leagues, an SPL1 and SPL2, would be formed, both consisting of 12 teams respectively. Each team would play each other twice in their respective divisions, creating 22 fixtures.

After two rounds, the leagues would then merge and split into three groups of eight. Each team would again play each other twice, leading to a total of 36 games being played across the course of the campaign.

The clubs in the top eight at the split would contend for the title and European spots, and would be guaranteed a place in SPL1 in the new season.

The middle group would arguably be the most competitive. The teams finishing in the top four positions would play in SPL1 in the new campaign, with the bottom four playing in SPL2.

The bottom group would fight it out to avoid relegation to the SFL. It is not clear at this stage how many relegation spots would be opened up.

That's utterly bonkers. Unless I'm being a bit dim, it would appear that the SPL2 is a division which no-one can win. Someone's been on the glue.

Very pleased to see they are properly considering the finances and the junior game. Assume they wouldn't force the junior game into a pyramid if that wasn't their will. It's also clear that one mob is trying a gimmicky approach and the other looks much more natural.

The SPL one, with 12-12 spliting to 8-8-8 halfway through isn't actually that inventive or new. The Swiss league ran precisely this system throughout the 90s. I think the Austrian league and Polish leagues have also run on similar lines, amongst others.

Bill Bones wrote: Stuart McCall's decision to give up on Steven Lawless and not persevere with the talented but frequently unfit Ross Forbes is looking like a real mistake now. The former was only ever giving a run-out in the League Cup for Motherwell but seems to be tearing the First Division to pieces. Meanwhile, Jamie Murphy continues to look like a lost soul on the left of midfield for Motherwell.

Lawless was excellent on loan at Albion last season, wish they could have got him back for a while.

I liked the look of Forbes and I was very surprised that McCall didn't fancy him much.

There is now an
official club statement
regarding the incident. I'm hearing from some folk that actually he was sacked for playing a song with a naughty word in it (Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams") on what was a designated 'Hibs Kids Day'.

There is now an
official club statement
regarding the incident. I'm hearing from some folk that actually he was sacked for playing a song with a naughty word in it (Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams") on what was a designated 'Hibs Kids Day'.